Charlotte Fry with third horse in top thirty FEI World Ranking

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Charlotte Fry has climbed from place 120 to 27 in the FEI World Ranking with Glamourdale (Lord Leatherdale x Negro). This means that the only 26-year-old rider has her third (!) horse in the top thirty. She takes ninth place with Everdale and fifteenth with Dark Legend. The results of CDI Opglabbeek have not even been included in the new version of the world ranking, so there is a good chance that Fry and Glamourdale will climb even further towards the top ten of the ranking next month.

Fantastic weekend in Opglabbeek for Van Olst Horses

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After Lottie already set a new personal record during the Grand Prix with Glamourdale and with Inclusive, she closed the weekend in an unparalleled way.
With Glamourdale, the former world champion, she once again set a big personal record of no less than 80.979% in the Grand Prix Special! An absolute record for Lottie, who has never scored so high in the Special with her other Grand Prix horses. With no less than 6.5% ahead of the number two, she managed to win this class!

Inclusive also managed to qualify for the Freestyle to music. This 9 year old talent ran the very first freestyle in his life and crowned this debut with debut with 73.975%! An amazing achievement for a horse at such a young age!

Photo: Inclusive

April 17 (Easter Day) live stallion show Van Olst Horses – Den Hout

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Last April 1, Van Olst Horses broadcast his “stallion presentation” online. You will be able to watch this 1.5-hour online “stallion presentation” via www.vanolsthorses.com.

In addition to this online “stallion show”, Van Olst Horses has its own “live” stallion show on Sunday afternoon, April 17 (1st Easter day) at 2 pm.

This is the opportunity for the breeder who would like to see the stallions up close and live. All Van Olst stallions will be shown under saddle with the exception of the Grand Prix toppers Everdale and Glamourdale. These 2 stallions are often at competitions with Lottie Fry. Their qualities are well known.

Of course, these great stallions can be admired in their stable.

Weather permitting, the intention is to have the stallion show in the outdoor arena.

Glamourdale hengst

Glamourdale to victory in Opglabbeek!

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This week the CDI will take place in Opglabbeek at the impressive Sentower Park.
The Grand Prix has 44 combinations at the start, where you can choose to ride the Special or the Freestyle to music.
Inclusive, Everdale’s 9-year-old son, made his international debut here. The outdoor season also started this weekend, so the combination had to do their test in icy wind and drizzle. With several highlights in the test, including the piaffe, but also room for improvement, the score came to 69.087%.

A day later it was Glamourdale’s turn, the icy wind was still there but now the rain had turned to snow… But the weather conditions didn’t seem to affect this duo. Glamourdale excelled in the extended work, showed good piaffes and passages and managed to win the class with a new personal best of 77.696%!

Franka Loos to Van Olst Horses

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Den Hout – The successful Dutch rider Franka Loos started working at Van Olst Horses in Den Hout on the 1stof March.
Van Olst Horses is no stranger to Franka. Previously, Franka had been a permanent stable rider in Den Hout for over 2.5 years and was successful with the stallions Giovanni, George Clooney and Crosby.
In the past 2 years, Franka was successful as an independent rider with Las Vegas, among others, with which she won the Pavo Cup twice and the stallion competition twice. The combination also scored very high in the final at the World Championships in Verden.
Franka’s first public appearance at Van Olst Horses started well. With the stallion Niro’s Enjoy she won the class for four-year-old dressage horses in Berlicum. She is now also a combination with the KWPN stallion and performance topper Nalegro and expectations for the future are high.
Besides fellow stable rider Lottie Fry, who rides under the English flag, Franka Loos will try to defend the Dutch flag at Van Olst Horses.

Photo: Nalegro

Lottie and Darkie again to a new personal best

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The Dutch Masters is one of the highlights of the Dutch competition season. A World Cup competition for both dressage and jumping takes place in the “Bossche” Brabanthallen. Charlotte Fry is here at the start with Dark Legend. During this competition the “short” Grand Prix is on the program.
Lottie and Dark Legend (Zucchero x Tango, breeder fam Nobus-de Potter from Eede) rode a very strong test in which they achieved a score of 76.447%. This score is a new personal record for this duo.
With this score she finished third in the final standings behind “queen of dressage” Isabell Werth and reigning Olympic and European champion Jessica von Bredow-Werndl.

Photo: Dark Legend

Glamourdale to 78.681% in Grand Prix Special in Lier

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The weekend of March 5 was dominated by the international CDI at the Azelhof in Lier, Belgium. Charlotte Fry had 3 horses with her: The young talents Especial s. Everdale (breeder C. van Bavel), Don Joe s. Diëgo (breeder Van Olst Horses) and Glamourdale s. Lord Leatherdale (breeder J.W. Rodenburg).

Especial competed in the Prix st. Georges with two good tests. Don Joe participated in the international 3* Grand Prix for the first time and showed a solid test. Don Joe is still young and shows a lot of talent in the tests and now gets the time to slowly gain more experience.

Glamourdale, the world champion of 2018, had to get into his rhythm a bit in the Grand Prix. A few small mistakes reduced the score but with 74.391% it was still a very good score! In the Grand Prix Special he showed why he belongs at this level! With several tens from different juries for different parts and many nines, the score rose to 78.681% and a very deserved first place!

Photo Glamourdale

Online stallionshow on the 1st of April

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The annual stallionshow off Van Olst Horses will be broadcasted online on the 1st of April. You’ll be able to follow the show via Clipmyhorse, KWPN.TV and the website of Van Olst Horses.

Other Van Olst breeding products do well in sport as well

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We recently wrote an article on this website about the home-bred horses of Van Olst Horses. But some horses that are now in the spotlight were not yet mentioned in this article.

Don Joe, the son of Diego out of the Lord Leatherdale x Almox Prints bred mare Cinderella, recently made his Grand Prix debut and scored 73% in his second appearance at this level! At 9 years old, he is still young for this level, but under the saddle of Charlotte Fry he is already making a very good impression.

The next horse is Niro’s Enjoy, a large dark brown son of the German foundation stallion De Niro, here combined with the mare Enjoy who descends from Lord Leatherdale x Negro. During the NAF Dressage Talent Berlicum he won the class for 4-year-old dressage horses with a total score of 189 points. Guest rider Marten Luiten gave him the ultimate 10!

Below is the article we previously published:

Van Olst Horses also breeds a few foals every year. Did you know that the mare Iris, who won the Prix St Georges class in Someren last weekend ridden by Anouk Ivits, was also bred by Van Olst Horses? This daughter of Lord Leatherdale is bred out of the Negro x Monaco mare Eternal Flame who is a full sister of Elegance. Under Beatriz Ferrer Salat, he took part in the Tokyo Olympics and the European Dressage Championships in Hagen last year.

Another full sister of Eternal Flame and Elegance is the Small Tour mare Doortje Subtilia.

The next full sister of these 3 horses is the mother of no less than three NRPS approved stallions: Evegro (by Everdale) is ready to compete in the Prix st. Georges and recently purchased by Lotje Schoots, Irvin (by Inspire) is the second son and the third son is Everest (by Especial). Everest recently passed his performance test with a very good score and previously won the KWPN Young Dressage Talents for three-year-olds in Oosteinde with a 10 for his canter. Everest will be available to breeders via fresh semen this year.

Nalegro descends from a completely different line. Nalegro is the Painted Black son who has just been approved by the KWPN with no less than 85 points. What is special about this stallion is that he was bred out of the full sister of the most successful dressage horse ever: Valegro. Olympic medals, medals at World Cups and European Championships and winner of the World Cup final. He has won everything there is to win under Charlotte Dujardin.

But it is not only dressage that is bred. Gertjan’s ‘old’ love, the breeding of jumping horses, is also being practiced. During the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida, the class for 7 year olds was won by Kadansa B under Sabrina Lefebvre. Kadansa B was bred by Van Olst Horses and Thomas Bezouw out of the Carthino Z  x Animo mare Didansa. Didansa is a full sister of the Grand Prix show jumper Cigo B.

Niro’s Enjoy wins NAF Dressage Talent Berlicum 2022

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After a year of absence due to the corona crisis, NAF Dressage Talent Berlicum was back on the calendar this year. A competition for 4 and 5 year old dressage horses and for the first time also ponies. The four-year-old class was won by Niro’s Enjoy (s. De Niro x Lord Leatherdale, breeder Van Olst Horses) ridden by Franka Loos with 189 points.

The mare Nareina (s. Everdale x Krack C, breeder: Mrs. Oudijk from Arkel) finished in fourth place, ridden by Charlotte Fry.

This year the judges were Vincent van Gasselt and Dominique Filion, who both achieved success in the international Grand Prix. Marten Luiten, reigning European Champion Young Riders, rode the highest-ranking horses. “This was really fun to do”, Dominique is satisfied. “Vincent and I were very much on the same page and the competition was set up very well and animal-friendly. There was a large group among the four-year-olds, but there was good riding and certainly the top ten consisted of really super nice horses. In the leading group you can’t really believe that those horses are only four years old. Marten got a great feeling on all the horses and wanted to give them all a 10. They are very different horses, but they are all very special in their own way. I am very excited that we have so many good young horses in the Netherlands.”